Military Induction

[Tessie]

It was August and my son was already supposed to be at his engineering university, but he and his other friends, all recent high school graduates, were being inducted into the military. He was wearing a brown uniform and they were being lined up for their housing assignments. He was supposed to be in the same post as his friends, but protocol was interrupted and someone else was put in his place, while my son ended up in the next slot. He seemed content with his choice, but I was not. He was supposed to be in college. I went searching for him, but I was not allowed to see him.